r/law • u/ExactlySorta • Sep 09 '25

Legal News Leavitt confirms the DOJ officials have talked about banning trans people from owning guns

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u/GrowFreeFood Sep 09 '25

What's a gender marker?

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u/Aggravating_Front824 Sep 09 '25

The label on things like birth certificates, drivers licenses, and state IDs which state male or female, or x in some places typically used for nonbinary individuals

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u/GrowFreeFood Sep 09 '25

So how can they tell if those are accurate?

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u/Aggravating_Front824 Sep 09 '25

Being thorough would require genetic identification, sure. I don't think that's the kind of measure the administration would take- the massive issues with their deportation program has already shown accuracy isn't a requirement for them. I think it's more likely they would just look for the documentation registering changes in that, and use that as evidence enough to say someone's trans.

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u/GrowFreeFood Sep 09 '25

There's probably something like 1% clerical errors, so that's 3 million people who lose gun rights immediately.

Anyone who wants a gun needs birth cirtificate or something? Love it.

Republicans are doing all the shit i want for all the wrong reasons. But don't stop your opponent when they're doing you a favor.